Re: Error: column "host" does not exist - Mailing list pgsql-general

IS there any name clash with a function argument?

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On Thursday 08 January 2009 08:30:07 Mayuresh Nirhali wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am working with 8.1.4 pgsql as my database backend. I have a function
> written in plpgsql language, that queries a particular table as below,
>
> select host from table_host where ip_address = ip_array[i] and port =
> port_array[i];
>
> The query is running in a for loop. I see ip_array and port_array
> getting populated with correct values during the execution.
> The error I see is,
>
> ERROR:  column "host" does not exist
> CONTEXT:  SQL statement "SELECT host"
>         PL/pgSQL function "sp_get_ip_data" line 286 at raise
>
> throu psql, I can select the table_host fine.
> column "host" is a primary key here.
>
> I dont understand why I see the "column does not exist" error; any idea ?
>
> cheers
> Mayuresh